Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-357) and index
A single swing -- One day in May -- Perfect, imperfect -- The Italian -- Big brother -- America's voice -- A pair of Sox -- The loss -- The view from here : Thinking can be dangerous -- Like a bullet -- Seeing Rapid Robert -- Just that way -- The fight -- To view from here : Everybody needs a little luck -- Something inside -- Mrs. Joe -- Next to Lefty -- Not his alone -- The view from here : The way of all streaks -- The street -- An ornery offering -- Bedlam -- Now, Wee Willie -- Aglow -- The view from here : The challenger, Pete Rose -- American beauty -- Ascended -- They didn't know then -- Cleveland -- And the streak goes on forever -- The view from here : What are the odds?
Recounts Joe DiMaggio's streak during the summer of 1941 and how it found its way into countless lives